Commonwealth Bay
Commonwealth Bay is an open bay about 48 km wide at the entrance between Point Alden and Cape Gray in Antarctica. It was discovered in 1912 by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition under Douglas Mawson, who established the main base of the expedition at Cape Denison at the head of the bay.- Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-66.972° or 66° 58′ 19″ south
Longitude
142.57301° or 142° 34′ 23″ east
Open location code
3R542HHF+66
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = bay
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Venetian—“Commonwealth Bay” goes by many names.
КомонуелтBulgarian
Комонуелт (залив)Bulgarian
Badia de la CommonwealthCatalan
英聯邦灣Chinese
Commonwealth BayDutch
מפרץ קומונוולת‘Hebrew
Baia CommonwealthItalian
Baia del CommonwealthItalian
Commonwealth BayItalian
コモンウェルス湾Japanese
SamveldebuktenNorwegian
Commonwealth BayNorwegian Bokmål
SamveldebuktaNorwegian Bokmål
SamveldebuktenNorwegian Bokmål
Commonwealth BayNorwegian Nynorsk
Commonwealth BayPolish
Zatoka CommonwealthuPolish
Golful CommonwealthRomanian
КоммонуэлтRussian
Commonwealth BaySwedish
Baja de la CommonwealthVenetian
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